Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Vote: Bills β Local Government Act 2002 (Greater Local Democracy) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Local Government Act 2002 (Greater Local Democracy) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Stuart Nash
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Napier)
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): The question is that the motion be agreed to. Those who are of that opinion will say Aye; to the contrary, No. The Ayes have it. Tim Macindoe: The Noes have it. A party vote is called for. Carmel Sepuloni: We said... Read more β
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(60 Ayes β 61 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |